Description:

xrandrextend 0.3.0

xrandr-extend



Extend a HIDPI screen to a normal DPI external display. This command line tool
implements various solutions described in the HIDPI Arch Linux wiki
page.

Free software: GNU General Public License v3


Installation
pip install xrandr-extend --user

or alternatively use pipx:
pipx install xrandr-extend

Configuration
python -m xrandr_extend.config

This creates a file ~/.config/xrandr-extend.cfg which looks like this:
[provider:modesetting]
primary = eDP-1
hdmi = HDMI-1
vga = DP-1

[provider:intel]
primary = eDP1
hdmi = HDMI1
vga = DP1

[resolutions]
primary = 3200, 1800
hdmi = 1920, 1080
vga = 1920, 1200

# [scaling]
# primary = 1.0
# hdmi = 2.0
# vga = 2.0

# [rotation]
# primary = left
# hdmi = left
# vga = right

The first few sections have the name in the format [provider:display_driver].
Run xrandr --listproviders to find what your system has. The values in this
section should be given as profile = monitor_name, as in the output of
xrandr --listmonitors command. You may even remove existing sections and
add more sections for your display driver.
Each line in the [resolutions] section signifies a resolution profile in
the format profile = [width_in_pixels, height_in_pixels]. The profile
primary should contain the resolution of your built-in display. You may edit
or remove the remaining values hdmi and vga.
The [scaling] section contains the scale factors, which if uncommented,
overrides the scale factor computed from the resolutions.
The [rotation] section specifies the directions to rotate the output contents
similarly to xrandr --rotate.
Quick reference
usage: xrandr-extend [-h] [-p PRI_RES PRI_RES] [-e EXT_RES EXT_RES]
[-x EXT_SCALE] [-m] [-n] [-o] [-s] [-d]
profile

Extend a HIDPI screen to a normal DPI external display

positional arguments:
profile Use preset external resolution profiles (available:
['hdmi', 'vga']).

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p PRI_RES PRI_RES, --pri-res PRI_RES PRI_RES
Modify preset resolution of primary display (default:
3200, 1800)
-e EXT_RES EXT_RES, --ext-res EXT_RES EXT_RES
Modify preset resolution of external display (default
based on profile)
-x EXT_SCALE, --ext-scale EXT_SCALE
Sets the scale factor of external display (DPI of
primary display / DPI of external display), overriding
scale factor estimation from resolutions
-m, --mirror Mirror the external display
-n, --pan Pan the position of external display
-o, --only Extend and use only external display
-s, --pos Set the position of external display explicitly
-d, --dry-run Preview command without executing it

Examples
--------
# Built-in options or user-configured options are used when only the display
# profile is mentioned

$ xrandr-extend --dry-run vga
$ xrandr-extend vga
$ xrandr-extend hdmi

# Other options to extend the display

$ xrandr-extend --pan hdmi
$ xrandr-extend --only hdmi
$ xrandr-extend -e 1024 768 -n vga # Pan with custom external resolution
$ xrandr-extend -x 2.0 hdmi # Custom scale factor

Credits
This package was created with
Cookiecutter and the
ashwinvis/cookiecutter-pypackage
project template.
History
0.3.0 (2021-12-22)

New option -r or --rotate to orient the external display

0.2.0 (2019-07-15)

New optional option -x or --ext-scale for the scaling factor (PR #4, #5)

0.1.1 (2019-05-16)

Correct command xrandr_extend -> xrandr-extend

0.1.0 (2019-05-16)

Flicker correction
Use cookiecutter to generate src layout

0.0.3

Deploy to PyPI
Reorganize as a package and allow for configuration
Use pkg_resources to find default.cfg

0.0.2

Simpler defaults which uses only scaling factors
Parse args only inside __main__ and do not run any commands during dry run
Less bugs

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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